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USC stuns No. 2 Ohio State 30-18 at the Coliseum
USC upset No. 2 Ohio State 30-18 on Saturday night at the Coliseum, in what outlets called the biggest win of head coach Lincoln Riley's tenure.[1, 11, 12 +1] Jayden Maiava passed for 222 yards and a touchdown, while King Miller and Waymond Jordan rushed for scores, ESPN reported.[11] Ohio State played without quarterback Julian Sayin, according to The Athletic, which reported the Buckeyes' problems extended beyond the quarterback position.[14]
Why it matters The loss puts Ohio State in rare territory on the College Football Playoff bubble, with Oregon, Nebraska and Michigan still on its schedule.[5, 14]
Covered by ABC News, Fox News, ESPN and 6 more
Read first USC stuns No. 2 Ohio State 30-18 with big plays from Jayden Maiava, freshman Trent Mosley
How balanced is this coverage?
Of the 6 rated outlets that covered it, 0 are left of center, 2 are center and 4 are right of center (3 of them in the Right group). 3 more are not rated.
Why it's here Covered by 9 outlets: 0 left, 2 center, 4 right, 3 not rated. A possible blindspot: 0 of 42 left-leaning outlets covered it, and Tare found no matching headline from the others in the last 24 hours.
- Left: none.
- Leans left: none.
- Center: Newsweek (−0.30), ABC News (−0.19).
- Leans right: New York Post (+0.64).
- Right: The Washington Times (+1.27), Fox News (+1.52), Breitbart (+2.03).
Not rated The Athletic, ESPN, Los Angeles Times. Not placed: they have no lean score.
Each dot is an outlet that covered it, placed by its audience-lean score (Eady et al. 2025), which measures who shares its links, not how accurate it is. The ticks under the line are all 113 rated outlets Tare reads.
Read across the spectrum
- Left-leaning No left-leaning outlet in Tare's list covered it.
- Center USC stuns No. 2 Ohio State 30-18 with big plays from Jayden Maiava, freshman Trent Mosley
- Right-leaning Ohio State's national title hopes are rightfully fading after USC delivers reality check in shocking upset